The European elections will bring big changes for Brussels – Polish Prime Minister

Poland’s Prime Minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, tells the Financial Times that European elections in May this year will bring big changes for Brussels. In his interview with the paper he said the elections would have a “strong” impact on the bloc.

The Prime Minister said: “Brussels and the European Commission need to be very receptive to what is going on in different countries”.

Further adding, “The voice of different countries, and in particular central European countries, will need to be heard much more clearly.”

Whilst he dismissed claims of central Europe sliding toward authoritarianism he did say that the EU officials “completely do not understand the situation in post-communist countries”.

Mr. Morawiecki suggests that Brussels end the disciplinary proceedings over Poland’s legal changes and suggests that the “EU as an institution needs reform . . . and when I speak to prime ministers from other countries, most of them agree that a serious revamp of procedures and institutions is needed, but everyone is waiting for the European elections”.